Boam, Herbert James, Private, 242753, 2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Former service number 63176 Attested under the Lord Derby Scheme in 1915 Called up for service October 1916 Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal Born Wormhill, Derbyshire Enlisted Buxton, Derbyshire Killed in action 27th March 1918 aged 23 Commemorated on the Arras Memorial
1911 Census Born Peak Dale, Derbyshire A lime works labourer Son of Albert, a lime works carpenter, and Elizabeth Boam, of Upper End, Peak Dale, Derbyshire
Former service number 63176
Attested under the Lord Derby Scheme in 1915
Called up for service October 1916
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal
Born Wormhill, Derbyshire
Enlisted Buxton, Derbyshire
Killed in action 27th March 1918 aged 23
Commemorated on the Arras Memorial
1911 Census
Born Peak Dale, Derbyshire
A lime works labourer
Son of Albert, a lime works carpenter, and Elizabeth Boam, of Upper End, Peak Dale, Derbyshire
Back to Memorial